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Christine Keeler's nude photograph: still sexy and subversive, 50 years onhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/may/01/christine-keeler-nude-photograph-art
The notorious post-Profumo shot, now on show at the National Portrait Gallery, has long inspired artists to take a pop at sexism<p>An <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/christine-keeler-photograph-a-modern-icon/" title="">iconic nude</a> has just gone on view at the National Portrait Gallery. Lewis Morley's photograph of Christine Keeler is included in a display to mark the <a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2013/scandal-63-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-the-profumo-affair.php" title="">50th anniversary of the Profumo affair</a>, the Tory sex scandal that rocked – or perhaps it is fairer to say delighted – 1963 Britain.</p><p>The display reveals that Morley photographed Keeler as publicity and screen-testing for a film about the events that led to the resignation of John Profumo, secretary of state for war in Harold Macmillan's government. She was obliged to be photographed naked by her contract with the film company, so Morley devised the famous shot in which she straddles a modernist chair and gazes smokily at the onlooker. It is a brilliant tease and still very sexy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/may/01/christine-keeler-nude-photograph-art">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyPaintingArtNational Portrait GalleryExhibitionsArt and designCultureChristine KeelerJohn ProfumoUK newsWed, 01 May 2013 14:56:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/may/01/christine-keeler-nude-photograph-artPhotograph: Lewis Morley/National Portrait GalleryNotes on a scandal … Lewis Morley's 1963 photograph of Christine Keeler. Photograph: Lewis Morley/National Portrait GalleryPhotograph: Lewis Morley/National Portrait GalleryNotes on a scandal … Lewis Morley's 1963 photograph of Christine Keeler. Photograph: Lewis Morley/National Portrait GalleryJonathan Jones2013-05-01T14:56:17Z